People.....all people.....behave differently when it come to money. Yesterday, there were some folks who are probably normally well-behaved, polite, responsible individuals, who melted down and turned into individuals their mothers would never recognize. Their actions were socially unacceptable, uncivilized.....even barbaric. I can say that even though I have never seen any of them and don't know their names, backgrounds or views. I would also be willing to bet most of them were what middle-America refers to as God-fearing, family people.......the ones you see everyday in the grocery, the mall, in a church, mosque or temple. Their children go to school with your kids. They are people you buy from, sell to, visit with, and your relationships with them vary from friends to strangers.
No rational, responsible, compassionate person wants to see others suffer from illnes, ignorance or depravation......no one. The fact is that the level of gullibility found in the average American is staggering. They epitomize the concept that if you say something confidently long enough and loud enough, people will begin to believe it. High-profile individuals with access to any public forum suddenly become crowned with voices of authority, touted as tellers of fact and truth. As such, they rally the masses with a call to battle based on speculation and opinion. Are you willing to bet your life and the lives of those you love on information that is no better than unsubstantiated rumor and unverifiiable fact? I am not.
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